Mario, Reinforcing Supply’s shop machinist, by his driller. The machinery used at Reinforcing Supply are all built and maintained in house.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
Angel (left) and Wilfredo, wire straighteners, at their post at Reinforcing Supply.
Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
Anthony beside his dog Riley at the entrance to their tire shop, P&J Tire Shop, on Metropolitan Avenue. It was Riley's birthday.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
MTA track maintenance workers checking and securing spikes at Long Island Railroad's Long Island City Terminal.
Long Island City, Queens, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
Slavic on the suspension and Carrol in the support working on one of the many Empire cement trucks that operate out of their depot on Maspeth Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (July 2015)
Workers in backhoe loaders break up old chunks of concrete and mince them into fine pebbles for reuse as filler on new concrete projects. Maspeth, Queens, N.Y. (November 2015)
Pinnacle Industries union workers at their bending station waiting for rebar to custom bend into custom shapes needed for specific construction projects.
Williamsburg, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
Makeshift memorial for a deceased worker on Meserole St. between Garnder and Stewart St.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
A roll-off truck in the process of dumping its contents as the yard’s spotter hand-signals the driver his container is empty.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
IESI roll-off truck driver securing his 40 cubic yard container after delivering his load to a local scrap yard adjacent to the former span of the Kosciuszko Bridge on Varick Ave.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
Robert, warehouse manager for Reinforcing Supply, beside his forklift. Previous to his position at Reinforcing Supply, Robert was a photographer for Russell Simmons' Def Jam and a printer at a photo lab in Manhattan.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
Reinforcing Supply workers disassembling a skid out in front of their Morgan Ave. warehouse.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sept. 2015)
Elmo on sanitation duty.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
Erwin, also known as Junior, beside the wire intake of his "chair" machine.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Nov. 2015)
Derrick Green, from Gentlemen Sheet Metal, at his welding station. A former IT worker, Derrick remembered the huge annual packets he had to fill out to prove to management his case for a raise. Today he enjoys sitting back and letting his union, Local 28, fight for his prevailing wage.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY (July 2016)
Javier Pacio and Mauricio Cruz from Brooklyn Rebar.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (July 2016)
Andrew Kruzzkowski, standing in one of the trucks he has helped maintain as a mechanic for Empire Cement for over 35 years since coming to America from Poland.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (July 2016)
Samco Truck Tire employee, Hector, stands before the valley of tires used to service the hundreds of trucks that criss-cross the industrial zone that resonates from the banks of Newtown Creek.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Oct. 2015)
Northside Tire Shop employees from Scott Ave wrestling with a rim and tire. The process, handled by specified machines at other shops, is done by hand here with only the help of some elbow grease.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Oct. 2015)
Pinnacle Industries union workers on their break at Brooklyn Rebar, their work site only a few days a out of the week.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (July 2016)
Coworkers inside a rebar fabrication plant with several thousand pounds of rebar awaiting to be manipulated into different shapes and designs for construction projects.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Oct. 2015)
Cement mix plant off of Metropolitan Ave. As seen from the Grand Street Bridge which connects Brooklyn and Queens over the Newtown Creek.
Maspeth, Queens, NY (July 2015)
David Goldsmith standing before the sea of chairs he organizes daily with his forklift at Reinforcing Supply. When not on the job he plays with his rock band at a variety of venues.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (July 2016)
City Recycling worker securing tarp to the top of a tractor trailer dump truck.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY (Nov. 2015)
